Colonial Era
The first successful permanent English Colony established in the America's.
What is Jamestown, VA
Law signed in 1830 that would force the resettlement of thousands of Native Americans living in North American.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
Foreign policy strategy established by President James Monroe that would govern US relations with the Americans.
Monroe Doctrine.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Tycoon from the Industrial Era who made their vast fortune first, from the steamboat industry and then from the railroad industries.
War between British and French troops that would lead to the independence movement in the early 13 Colonies.
What is the French and Indian/7 Years War?
Famous philosopher and writer known for writing "On Civil Disobedience".
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
Name for the territorial gains made by the US after the Mexican-American War.
Mexican Cession
Constitutional change that officially made slavery illegal within the US.
What is the 13th Amendment
The first federal law that banned a ethnic/national group from migrating into the United States in the late 1800s.
The agreement signed among a group of colonists on board the ship that would take them to their future home of Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Treaty that would establish the US-British borders in the Great Lakes region of British-Canada.
What is the Rush-Bagot Treaty?
Technological development that utilized steam to propel early motorized technologies.
What was the Steam Engine?
The series of riots in the new state of Kansas that came as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What was Bleeding Kansas.
The first federal organization established by Teddy Roosevelt to ensure the safe-keeping and preservation of the natural forests in America.
A direct tax on all paper goods, the first tax paid by colonists themselves rather than merchants.
What is the Stamp Act?
African American Abolitionist who called for black unity and self-help in the fight against oppression in his book An "Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World"
Who is David Walker?
Treaty signed between Mexico and Texas creating the new Republic of Texas.
What is the Treaty of Velasco
A series of laws regarding war supplies that allowed slaves to be freed by Union Troops since they were considered property.
what were Contraband Laws.
Laws passed by the federal government to prevent the rise of and expansion of monopolies in the US.
What are Antitrust Acts. (Clayton, Sherman)
Name of the agreement made between the founding founders to create a bicameral Congress (Congress with two chambers, House and Senate).
What was the Great Compromise?
Abolotionist Newspaper started by activist Frederick Douglass.
What is The North Star
Treaty between US and Spain that made Florida a part of the US and defined the borders along the Mexican-American border.
what is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Executive order passed by President Lincoln that declared the emancipation of slaves in revolting states.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
American photographer and journalist who published the famous book "How the other half lives" depicting the lives of poor Americans in urban spaces
Who was Jacob Riis?